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0 Euro - Le train de la rhune
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs (UEBN) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the historic rack-and-pinion cogwheel train ascending the La Rhune massif near Sare, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Denomination '0 EURO' appears at left within guilloche underprint, with 'LE TRAIN DE LA RHUNE' and 'EUROSOUVENIRS' inscriptions. Series number '2015-1' and designer credit 'R. FAILLE / C.E.O.' are noted at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Vignette arrangement of four iconic French monuments — the Pont du Gard, Mont Saint-Michel, Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame de Paris — set against a guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. Denomination '0 EURO' is inscribed within the composition. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir series launched in 2015 under the Union Européenne des Billets de Banque Numismatiques, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the notes to full legal-tender specification — same security paper, same intaglio printing, same EURion constellation — despite carrying no spendable value. The Rhune rack railway, a narrow-gauge cog line running from Sare to the summit at 905 metres in the French Basque Country, has operated since 1924 using the original wooden carriages, which remain in service.
Collector demand for early 2015 issues was sharply underestimated; initial print runs sold out at issuing sites within weeks.